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This Week in Media (July 11-15, 2022)

FORMER PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte left the job with a 78 percent satisfaction rating, according to the April 19 to 27 survey of Social Weather Stations. But he left behind him for the Marcos administration to address the pandemic and the economic crisis.

Quick follow-ups by media on student’s death counter police claims

CHEERS TO the media organizations that followed up on the death of Amierkhan Mangacop, a 19-year old student shot by a non-uniformed personnel of Police Regional Office (PRO) outside the Lugar Cafe and Bar in Davao City on July 2.

Three newspapers insist on Bong Go spotlight

JEERS TO some print media’s relentless spotlighting of a senator who won his seat in 2019. Solely based on his proximity to the highest source of power and his constant presence around then President Duterte, some voters thought Bong Go fit to be a legislator. With Duterte no longer...

ANC report takes closer look at Marcos Jr.’s vlog

CHEERS TO ANC’s Dateline Philippines anchor Karmina Constantino who asked Malacañang reporter Pia Gutierrez to share her insights on President Marcos’ “Unang Linggo” vlog on YouTube, in which he discussed his first week in office. The report recognized that how the Marcos camp uses social media still merits close watch even after the election.

Media recall new COA Chair Calida’s dubious track record

CHEERS TO two media organizations for recalling Jose Calida’s questionable record after he was named chairperson of the Commission on Audit (COA).

Women political prisoners prove Duterte’s misogyny

CHEERS TO Bulatlat for calling attention to one more aspect of the country’s failed penal system. Its two-part special report revisited a long-standing issue: the plight of women political prisoners. It related the travails of two women who were detained on fabricated charges during the Duterte administration. The...

This Week in Media (July 4 to 8, 2022)

MORE BAD news hit Filipinos, who are already struggling with the high cost of living due to the oil crisis and inflation. The steady increase in the price of local sugar, the shortage of chickens and the disruption of water services in some areas have added to public misery.

News5 interview with Aimee Marcos: Unmentioned family ties

ON JULY 4, News5 entertainment correspondent MJ Marfori reported on One Balita Pilipinas – a program of News5’s affiliate channel One PH – that she had done an exclusive interview with presidential sister Aimee Marcos. Marfori said that the younger Marcos, a social media strategist, had played a role...

GMA News Online checks Marcos Jr.’s dismissal of PSA’s inflation figure

CHEERS TO GMA News Online’s report that provided the necessary critique in the story. Asked by a reporter for comment on the reported 6.1 percent inflation rate for June 2022 (issued by the Philippine Statistical Authority/PSA), President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in his July 5 press briefing disagreed, claiming the...

ABS-CBN provides timeline of Marcoses’ strategy

CHEERS TO ABS-CBN’s NXT video report that detailed how the Marcoses assured their return to Malacañang, 36 years after the ouster of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr.